The bride hid under the bed as a prank, but she overheard her mother-in-law say, “In a year, we’ll take everything from her.” That night, she realized her marriage was a trap. CHAPTER 1: THE WEDDING NIGHT

birthday, he gave me a hand-carved wooden bench he had made in his workshop.

It was slightly crooked, it was heavy, and it was perfectly imperfect.

I placed it in my garden as if it were a rare, priceless jewel.

We got married three years later, and he insisted on signing a prenuptial agreement before I even had the chance to propose the idea.

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